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Following the success of Radical Entertainment's The Simpsons: Hit & Run over the Christmas period, Vivendi Universal Games has signed a six-game deal with the developer, including a purchase option.

A number of statements from Nintendo spokespeople today have confirmed that the platform holder plans to continue supporting the Cube for at least two more years before launching a new console, probably in 2006.

Sega's first European release of 2004 has gone straight in at number one in the charts, with Sonic Heroes displacing EA's Need for Speed Underground and taking the top spot across all three console-specific charts for good measure.

Following on from the recent appointment of Kevin Bachus as president, Infinium Labs has announced three new executive hires, along with the opening of an office in Seattle, with a Los Angeles office planned shortly.

French publisher LSP has been bought out by one of its partners, Canadian firm Hip Interactive, in a move which will give Hip access to European markets for its range of games and gaming accessories.

Nintendo's latest GBA Pokemon titles, Leaf Green and Fire Red, have topped the charts in Japan with combined sales of over a million units in their first weekend, despite being remakes of the original GameBoy Pokemon games.

Reports today are suggesting that Nintendo is planning to launch key titles including Metroid Prime 2, Geist and Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green in Europe by the end of 2004, with new Zelda and Mario titles also in the works.

Nokia has announced that the N-Gage game deck is to go on another promotional tour in Europe, this time covering 27 major winter sports locations in seven different countries with a tour featuring major prizes for competition winners.

Publisher Sega has confirmed that it has development hardware for Nintendo's Dual Screen portable console at its offices, but says that it is still only evaluating the system and is not committed to creating games for it as yet.

Publisher THQ has reported figures for the quarter ended December 31st, revealing a huge rise in net income and strong sales during the quarter, and announcing that it is set to publish another Disney/Pixar movie tie-in title.

Leading publisher Electronic Arts has signed a new deal with comic book empire Marvel which will see the company developing a series of fighting games featuring Marvel superheroes and a range of new characters.

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